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Birger Angvik, professor in Latin American literature (UiB), has written an alternative history of Latin American literature. The book, titled Høyr meg! Sjå meg! (Hear me! See me!) (Spartacus, in Norwegian), highlights writers in Mexico and Cuba in the period between 1950 and 2000, who earlier have been overshadowed by the male boom-generation in the 1970s.
Book chapter: Constitutionalism in an Insurgent State: Rethinking Legal Empowerment of the Poor in a Divided Bolivia by John Andrew McNeish (CMI), published in Dan Banik: Rights and Legal Empowerment in Eradicating Poverty (Ashgate) which was launched 24.11.08. more
NorLARNet library: List of books published by Norway based NorLARNet scholars
Barton, David. N et.al. 2008: "Environmental service payments: Evaluating biodiversity conservation trade-offs and cost-efficiency in the Osa Conservation Area, Costa Rica" in ournal of Environmental Management , Volume 90 (1):901-911.
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García-Godos, Jemima 2008: "Victim Reparations in the Peruvian Truth Commission and the Challenge of Historical Interpretation". International Journal of Transitional Justice, Volume 2(1): 63-82.
Guillen-Royo, Monica 2008: "Consumption and subjective wellbeing: Exploring basic needs, social comparison, social integration and hedonism in Peru". Social Indicators Research, Volume 89: 535-555.
Guillén-Royo, Monica 2008: "Basic needs and expenditure on health care in a shanty town of Lima", in Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 26: 173-198
Haarstad, Håvard 2009: "FDI policy and political spaces for labour: The disarticulation of the Bolivian petroleros", in Geoforum
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Hagene, Turid 2008: "Amor, género y poder: un caso de la Nicaragua postrevolucionaria", in Latinoamérica. Revista de estudios latinoamericanos, No. 45: 169-208.
Hauge, Wenche, 2008: "Group identity—a neglected asset: Determinants of social and political participation among female ex-fighters in Guatemala", in Conflict, Security & Development, Volume 8 (3) : 295 - 316.
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Marsteintredet, Leiv, 2008: "Executive-Legislative Deadlocks in the Dominican Republic", in Latin American Politics and Society 50 (2):131-160.Marsteintredet, Leiv, 2008: "Las consecuencias sobre el régimen de las interrupciones presidenciales en América Latina", in América Latina Hoy, Vol 49:31-50.
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Marsteintredet, Leiv, and Einar Berntzen. 2008. "Reducing the Perils of Presidentialism in Latin America through Presidential Interruptions" in Comparative Politics 41 (1):83-101.
Marsteintredet, Leiv, and Jørgen Yri. 2008: "Når d&osøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøøash;n døde taler. Om Den dominikanske republikk og dyrkingen av Haiti som fiende", in Corriente del Golfo 5:184-217.
Vagant 2, 2008 (in Norwegian) was dedicated to Latin American literature and contains publications by a variety of writers, such as José Martí, Luisa Campuzano, Birger Angvik and John Holloway. Les mer
The newest edition of Tidsskrift for religion og kultur (Journal for religion and culture) - a publication from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Tromsø - is a double number dedicated to Central America. It contains contributions from J. ødemark (UiO), Bjørn Hagen (UiB), Solveig Kavli (UiB), Daniel Andersson (University of Göteborg)and Elina
Vuola (University of Helsingfors). Editor is Bjørn Ola Tafjord (University of Tromsø). For more information, please contact bjornt(at)sv.uit.no. For abstracts, go here
Revival of academic magazine: Corriente del Golfo. The magazine came out with its first edition since the 1990s this fall. The edition contains articles with themes from the Caribbean, such as Cuban film and literature, nation building in the Dominican Republic and Caribbean culture in post-war Europe. Corriente del Golfo can be bought at Studia in Bergen or by contacting editor Hans Jacob Ohldieck: Hans.Ohldieck@if.uib.no.
The next number will have a special focus on the anniversary of the Cuban revolution, and contributions in Spanish, English or French are welcomed.
Please contact the editor if you wish to contribute.
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